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World Pork Expo Introduces Mobile App to enhance the Expo experience

DES MOINES, Iowa, June 1, 2012 — For the first time, people attending World Pork Expo, June 6-8 in Des Moines, Iowa, will be able to get the latest Expo information with a customized smartphone app. With half of today’s mobile subscribers owning smartphones and National Hog Farmer reporting that about 30 percent of its readers access the Internet using their phones, this new app is designed to help attendees make the most of their Expo visit. The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) and National Hog Farmer partnered to develop the app for Apple, Android and Blackberry mobile devices.

The World Pork Expo mobile app will provide up-to-date information and locations, including a complete list of the Expo’s exhibitors, a map to navigate the show and much more. The app will enable attendees to plan their day by selecting business seminars and special events to place on their personalized calendars. It also provides trade-show contacts and exhibitor descriptions, profiles of meeting activities, and a place for users to take notes.

The app is being sponsored by Pfizer Animal Health. Additional sponsors are Elanco Animal Health, Novartis Animal Health, Merck Animal Health and PIC.

The World Pork mobile app can be downloaded free of charge by searching “World Pork” in the Apple Store, Android Market and Blackberry’s App World. People also can connect to an online dashboard for easy access for downloading the app at http://m.core-apps.com/wpx2012.

Additional information is available when you connect with World Pork Expo on Facebookand follow World Pork Expo on Twitter using #NPPCWPX.

World Pork Expo, the world’s largest pork-specific trade show, is brought to you by theNational Pork Producers Council (NPPC). On behalf of its members, NPPC develops and defends export markets, fights for reasonable legislation and regulation, and informs and educates legislators. For more information, visit www.nppc.org.

The new World Pork Expo mobile app is available for Apple, Android and Blackberry devices.

Scan this QR code to download the free new World Pork Expo mobile app.

 


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